“How I see Wiaan playing a role for the Proteas moving forward is a batting allrounder. In Test cricket he can bat at number six or seven and be your extra 10 overs that you need in the field from him. He does bring a lot of balance to our team.”

Du Plessis said the surface at St George’s looked pretty similar to that of the Test against Australia last year‚ a match South Africa won thanks to 11 wickets from Kagiso Rabada and a hundred from AB de Villiers.